Spontaneous dissection of air into the transverse mesocolon during double-contrast barium enema.
Intramural perforation of the colon proximal to the rectosigmoid is a rare complication of the barium enema examination. We present a case in which air and barium entered the wall of the transverse colon, and then dissected through the transverse mesocolon during double-contrast barium enema in an asymptomatic patient with no known underlying colonic disease.
Cho
K C
KC
Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
Simmons
M Z
MZ
Baker
S R
SR
Cappell
M S
MS
D001466:Barium Sulfate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004733:Enema / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008646:Mesocolon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography
D001466:Barium Sulfate